Ahmed M. Darwish
Minister of State for Administrative Development
13 Salah Salem Street, Nasr City, 11789, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (202) 2404 4437 Fax: (202) 262 8003
E-mail: darwish@ad.gov.eg
http://www.amdarwish.com
http://www.ad.gov.eg
http://www.egypt.gov.eg
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Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Osman Darwish

Date of Birth

• May 25th, 1959

Education

Ph.D. (1988) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA. M.Sc. (1984) in Computer Engineering and B.Sc. (1981) in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt.

Awards

Egyptian National Engineering Award for the Year 1999.

Employment History

• Minister of state for Administrative development from 30/12/2005 to the date
• Minister of state for Administrative development from 9/7/2004 into 30/12/2005
• Sept. '99 to July 2004: Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Cairo University.
• Sept. '94 - Sept '99: Associate Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Cairo University.

Visiting Positions during this period include: The Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA ('96-'97, Summer '99) and The Electrical Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, UAE (‘94-'96).

• Aug. '89 - Sept. '94: Assistant professor, Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Cairo University.

Visiting Positions during this period include: The Computer Science Department, American University, Cairo, Egypt and The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Davis, USA.

• April '88 - Aug. '89: Lecturer and Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Davis, USA.

Consultations

• Consultant to a number of Egyptian government bodies, agencies and companies, among them: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, MENA (Middle East News Agency), Supreme Council of Antiquities, NWRC (National Water Research Center), MED (Mechanical and Electrical Department at the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources), TDA (Tourism Development Authority).

• Consultant to Bank du Caire and Bank of Alexandria.
• Consultant to three of the United Nations Organizations, UNESCO (Library Information System for Bibliotheca Alexandrina), FAO (Nutrient Database Project) and ESCWA (Information and Communications Technologies in Egyptian Enterprises).
• Consultant to a number of Egyptian and foreign companies and enterprises.
Major Achievements at MCIT
• Preparation of the National Project Document on e-government and coordination of the implementation efforts.
• Design and implementation of the Professional Training with multinational companies as part of the Human Development Resources Program


Academic and Scientific Activities

• Member of several scientific societies and on the editorial and reviewing boards of international scientific journals and periodicals.
• Designed, developed and implemented (owner of IP) several software packages used at several universities, research labs and international companies in the areas of simulating video transmission over wireless and ATM channels, simulation of communication systems, Egyptian Food Databases abiding to International coding.
• Publications: 56 papers in international peer reviewed journals and conferences, 2 books and 11 invited talks (conferences and workshops).
• Graduate Supervision: M.Sc.: 20 (awarded the degree), 9 (in progress), Ph.D.: 8 (awarded the degree), 5 (in progress).
• Community Services: Participation is several workshops and activities targeting environmental conservation and human resource development.